Knit fabric and method of knitting the same.



UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE. I I noBERr-w. scorri', oiirosrom,MAssAcHUsErrs. nur Fannie Np plasmon or xanax-rino THE sans.

,-AAugust 27, 1907,

' andy by knitting citizen of thefUnited States, and resident.

of Boston, in the county ofSufolk and Statel lof Massachusetts, have invented. new: and `useful Improvements Knit Fabrics and Methods ofKnitting the- Same, of which the f ollowingis a specification. This invention 'relates toy knit articles, such as stockings-,- or other knit apparel fhaving an in-turned welt-formed during manufacture, and to a method of-making such articles in an' improved manner by hand or machine to form afold, turn oryvvelt continuous with the body' fabric at one end and fastened at or near the other end tothe body fabric on the inner or back faceof the body fabric by an improved knit structure, the Welt having its face or Wale side outside.` yOne object of the 'invention is to provide an improved structure at the place 'of fastening. l.

Other objects are 'to provide a mode of making such articles susceptible of ybeing. carried out on knitting machines, for instance circular knitting machines capable of producing seamless stockings, by .automatic or by hand operations.

Another object of the -invention is tov so order the stepstaken as to necessitate use of but one row or set of knitting needles.'l

In my Letters Patent No. 864,433 dated I have shown. and described a stocking having an inturned Welt; and method of making the same in which `the lirst step in the manufacture comprises yf orining -a' setting-upI course taken alterneedles of two different series capable of being operated in directions at an angle 'to each other, and thereafter,` knitting upon one of said sets of needles fab-' ric for the welt during retirement of the other `set While still retainingthe loops ofthe setting-up course; thereafter transferring 'the ing forward of settmg-up Acours'e or a course near it from the needles on which it had been retained to the needles employed in knit-ting the welt fabric, andv then retiring the'set of needles which so far uhad been employed only to takefthe setting-up course, and then completing thc article. By this method the yarn of the setting-up course was called vupon to bear the strains of the formation of said" course, of the Withholding of said course during the'knitt'ing of the. welt,of the movi p Speoication o! Letters lfatent. y

panneau ma settember d', 191s.y` semi Eg. 49,161.

` the -knittingl needles proper,

lalternate needles vn `2, for* instance the fabric, of replacement on Patented lilly 4, 1916,

of the transferrm movement f the knittingy needles, and t, ereafterthev strain of Withdrawal of that slet of .needles employed only for the purpose of forming and ltransferring the sett1ng up"course. The Welt-so made-neces. sarily was united to the bod'y fabricl by Y. alternate loops of the setting-up course, or

as vmany loopsA as there making said course. To practice my said method by ymaclnne.required-the provision of av second set of knitting needles Within'.

those employed for knitting the Welt and the remainder of the article, and mea-ns for causing transfer from needle to needle. The necessary structure cfa' machine containing a ysecond set of needles having such capacities is relatively plex. By my present invention I avoid the necessity for use of` such devices, and avoid lthe strains produced in the fabric, and am able to providea strong uniting structure which will not permit the Welt to ra'vel,` have uniting loops at any` and which may desired frequenc suchV as every second, fourth or sixth needle-Wale'of the fabric.

'In the 'accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a series of diagrams illustrating steps in the manufacture; Fig. 2 isA a sectional maybe used lin practising the said method. eferring'now to Fig. 1, a series of ybare needles viewed vin plan'is shown at I.' Upon were needles for I expensive and comso. p

pview ofthe Welt or fold ;V Fig. 3is a perspecti've View of certain instruments which these needles an initial yarn 1, Diagram Il,

is Wound in and to produce the selvage courses shown in v Diagram III. Prod l Tage by the above indicated method is not new, except in its relation vto the following ucing a 'starting selsteps, a fabric having such a selvage bein the subject of my Letters Patent' No. 1,045,- 621, dated November 26, 1912, the above described method of making such afabric being in part the subject of my Letters Patent No. 13,752 reissued June 16, 1914. Machine devices for producing such a kstarting selout, passing behind recurrent needles. This step may be practised in y ISG mggiihi'oslimtn Aioil lliiiiurihcil in my lfottori;` ,51mm Vil without altering tlm lowiiwzii'fl [olo'io tho salvage, tolgo, so l: il xlrrgvirihodgl hiya |Diagram;,Ifilll iii tho hooloi o1 tho iiooillosii? oiily, iiiioitiiiir hooi-riool .1:11'11 il, which. muy" il' zlltfail'mllm o Htrongoi' or tool'.` om [hoh tint ottimo i'oomuulm oi tho fzilji'io, first liiiviitgf irotirml :all of tho noodles o to prowril; their `taking: the). yum

4upon the` imwlloswf Nautilus of still vieillir:

their loo is of ooliioll .5 of this Solitaire; i 1 l noodles 'nf :iro thor; "i'oiiiloi'ocl :i 'uilzihlo lo lm employed :is uniting: loops. Atto' mill clin ing the steps i'opijosentod in Diagramm; IV l und V` s'ooh portio'sol' bights (i muy lie luid hold. ot' ,by linml` or `by iiitnlilo implements propiiratoi'y to i'ol'liining them out oi the way of tho moclloo ,tlm-ing knitting ol1 the il'zihi'io foi* tho` wvltlll. F 1*?. tl.

soiftoxl in riool opziuo liotwefoo it needle n? nml tho positions hilton hy iloeillesnf when said mailles 'it' :iro noti e *md in lino with or Iwo :i iioiriiiitl po `tion 'for the hooksof tlm iimefllo, so that yziiii 3l muy lumlziid upon tho i impleiiiuiits il, without forming' cnlzu'goil liights i lmtwooi'l liowllvs n.2., While, I profi-.1 to use iiiipleliioiilil Il', having; notches li: in`

their oppor fucili-i iliilliiiiig `simular 11p\ 'au'dly sloped points y, mit' iiiotijumont czipahlo of flotfiliimg n` loop :intl shocllmgit upon withdi'aiwni without stiiiin oi' rliotoi'tion iimy `loo employed; .As showm iiiiplcmlonts .It muy` ho omployvtl in pairs, theii; hem-.ls boing synv moti'ically bent apzii't to spotje, `the `points y;

:it the properdistnouos to coter the` splines on invii Side of `:i riezilo fri.

Ther stops iiliovo llvsl'fiihol of `laying: tho i'zii'ri 3,` uml luiittiml, tho loops y; may toko` plot-o while tho iiiipltiiiiiits i :ii-e- `positionvtl` to i'iuoivt. tho ':iln lil/iii lino `with tho novillos, no Hhoivii in llinfl'i'ziioo lifzlilrl V. With re- ,optot to tho lino o1' iioifillrm knitting tho loops.l y miniem tho Niro El to lio thrown llo liiml tho iilemllot: lrollliwon tho novillos i l2 11ml; ",thli iiiiplieiiiiiilo il, imil will iioplomoiits mail limi' lio iiioijwl llioli thi'oliiilint lolo-ill tho lio-q iziiiioli loiuloilroll lo,

` n sitifiiotio'o for 4tying or f uniting to :1` plalgo iii-nytolloo'mff svi-tion ot lhn'ingftho limiting For instance, prior to laying' oonloo 3, owl sitter retiring noodles il', iinpleoioiits fz', Fig. l, may be m- Hliino on` laiglito u tonilioiflo rotolo highls u, oiigtlii' pollito fo. Whoo tho imploiiiooto it huw lwoiio` ioovwl, tho Iii-fallos ii' im i'o- .wloi'wl lo` opm'ntion, mail :1 Voili-sie 1 'o lmit :it .'ill ol' llo Iiuoclh-s, thus initiating' Novillo ,willow/l :it tho loops `ol' i-oilrfso :i rotililiwl on` numilw: 211ml m'mllowollwA f' :it lilo loopo oliroui-Hi Il; prui'ioosly lmitilo iiaclvnlwl in ili:i,L'l'z|i1i Vil. Knitting ooo: provi-vilo Iioi mi hizg'li'th rt of voill'so 3, until onoiigli folli-io thu novillos ffl. :iro ingoio mclioiliizilo position to mitm' tho hights n. Vlmplvmontfs 7i :1ro now rvniovmh points p slipping i`i'ovly,"l'rom :zml Il x:wing hights lion-noixllvr wf' in mlilitioil to iifufll'vis wf., (lourso 101. Vig. ii, is ooit huit through tho higlits bowl loopo fr, :uid thu i1 nminilooot' the article vomplitoil :is usunL ot lliiffzihl'ic loiI tho welt l the Sulyuge nuuloiup of Yoolosos: l :lull :,-\\'l1i('l1 is i' i'hliitivvly still' Sti'ilotlll'o, lio under the'implelocnts iin :i position to mstrain :woidvlitzil niovonwnt olftliotoi'aiiing fnhi'ic from lifting tholiighls t out ol? tho notchvs lf. l l

Vl'hvn, usoxplzlinwl allow, the inotrlimtot o1: nlzoint'ovturi. is :i virvlolnn knittingP 1mi- L'hino', the mailles Inf, zilolino n vil'vlv witli in which tho ioiploiiionts Il" :mi i'nllinlly phivol; llt is mi olism'vml hiiilooc'y ot the. oolmgo sti'ilntlu'o to oucopy when l'i'oo ai, snmlloi vin'le thon Atho Iwoillvs on wliii'h il: is formarsi. This phmloiiimioii :iiils tho i'ltuinoil lriglitl; o to follow tho iioplvioonto/i, who): Ytlwy or@ romovoil iowaii'il to 1mm, enough ('loolnm-e-liotwvon thoil' "poinlwiiml tliv tiooilloo to poi'iliilzloi'omtioii olE tht` oxitont of liiilnio W. y

1Whilo I havo losvl'iliml tho Stops otlorm- ,ing tho woll; lV :is suoi'fossivo, it will lio mi loi-stoor! that twoor moro oiltfiorioivv stopf-` may ho mnwltoimonsly por-formed at clzlioi'- i ont parts of n, serios of novillos, the o pci"n `tions pl'ooeotlmgoloog the sonos of; noodles.

zniclfolloo'iiig oooh other` in tho ordm' stzitiil :it :my given pzlit ol tlio'soiies. v

Tho fabric stluctoro proill'ii'ol by tho loof voloSo 3 ovm' tho novillos n', whololll'ioli i Hifi svl'ihod stops muy readily he murio byhamilj opal-ations without employing tlmr iiifitijn monts Il.. Having inltoo the steps illuliti'sitoll iii Diagrams I, ll., :nifl lll, tho novillos, n

may nho rorilfltlml iiioporllliiio iiiiil course. il `toil to omi lixnthy novillos w without omertfree bights o: *Will now of courses l and-2 and having near it the be a free end Within V or behind the needles. When enough fabric W iseompleted, the operator picks up by hand or any suitable hooked hand implement all or any desired part of the series ofbights a and `replaces theniupon the needles, and then resumes knitting.v l Without the selvagestructure of courses l and 2 it would be impossible to isecure y against raveling the fabric VV if uniting loops (such as and shown them at each of i formed by Withholding and transferring recurrent bights a only of the course 8, or all Vof said nights o, has important advantag'es over prior structures, for instance-those of my said Patent No. 864,433. The tying or uniting course 3 beinginterknit in the needle Wales c ctlltains more yarn than an initial or settingmp course can lcontain' i without looseness, and strains .upon the'welt fabric are distributed bythis structurebetween the Wales cycli the Welt fabric and the Walest in which the loops a are engaged, whereby there is less danger of breakage of the loops at the point of fastening, either -during manufacture or dnringnse, than with the prior structure.

.The selvage' courses 1 and 2 'serve to preventraveling-of the 'fabric containing the uniting course to free the uniting;- course and ,thereby unfasten thevvel't, Awhether the uniting loops or bights a are in alternate Wales orare more Widely separated.v

What l claim is: l. A'knit article having an integral inturned Welt comprising a salvage and havingyone of the structural knit courses of the welt taloric,4 constituting a knit uniting course, in engagement with both the salvage vand thel body ofthe article at a point Vseparated from the: salvage' by anv extent of the fabric.

2, knit fabric characterized by a selvage structnre,a1id having one of the structural knit courses of the fabric, constituting a uniting' course in engagement with said ysalvage structure in recurrent needle-Wales and `with the bodyfabric in 'other needle Wales, an extent of fabric between the points of, engagement' .being turned' face side out.

3. A. stocking ortho like havingan integral inturned- Welt attached near its bea. salvage structure i inga sclvage structure,

' with any of the needles, to the needles after the ginning edge to ythe back or inner face of the fabric of the body of the article b one of the structural knit courses of the. abrio thereof engaging a selvage structure at the beginning edge, said knit bights penetrated by -loops fa ric.

4. A stocking or the like having an '-in tegral' i`nturned Welt attached' near its beginning edge to the back 'or inner face of the fabric of the bod. V of thelarticle by one of the structural knit courses of the fabric en: gaging'loops in alternate needlewales ci? at the beginning edge and havingr bights penetrated by loops of recurrent Wales of the body fabric.

. 5L The method of knitting articles' having in-turned welts comprising first forming a of the body course having salvage structure ,on a/ set/of needles, then f .interknitting a unitingconrse Itherewith at recurrent loops ,only; and forming bights of said uniting course, thereafter replacingl said bights on the needles, and then knit-` ting the remainder of the article.

6. The method of forming knit articles characterized by iii-turned integral Weite comprising the steps; forming a beginning selvage on a set of knitting needles; then knitting a course at recurrent needles; thereafter withhold-ing bights of said coni-se from contact With' the needles, and subsequently engaging said bights with Y the fabric.

7.' The method of forming knit articles characterized by1in-turningintegral Welts comprising the steps; forming-a beginning` selvagge on a set of knitting needles; then knitting a 'course at recurrent needles; thereafter withholding bights of said fcourse from contact with the needles; and snbseqnently placing .said bights on needlesintervening between said recurrent needles. SLTbe method of knitting articles having iii-turned Welts comprising first formon' a set of needles, then forming a. uniting recurrent loops' only, then. detaining bights of said uniting course at a place removed fromv and behind the needles, thereafter re placing said bightsonthe ncedleaand then' knitting the remainder of the-erticle. i

" 9. The method of knitting on' 'af single series of 'needles comprising* cletaining bights of a knit course preceded vage structnrewith which said course'is interknit,hoiding said bights'out of contact ,and returning them production of fabric for a welt.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts this eist day of August, i915. r i

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